Iyyaasuu 20

1 Ergasii Waaqayyo Iyyaasuudhaan akkana jedhe:

And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

2 “Akkuma ani karaa Museetiin isin ajaje sanatti akka Israaʼeloonni magaalaawwan itti kooluu galan filatan itti himi;

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Give for you cities of refuge, as I have spoken unto you by the hand of Moses,

3 kunis akka namni tasuma yookaan utuu itti hin yaadin nama ajjeese kam iyyuu itti kooluu galee nama haaloo dhiigaa baasu duraa baʼuuf.

for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.

4 Inni yommuu magaalaawwan sana keessaa tokkotti kooluu galutti karra magaalattii irra dhaabatee fuula maanguddoota magaalaa sanaa duratti dhimma isaa himachuu qaba. Isaanis ergasii magaalaa isaaniitti isa simatanii akka inni isaan wajjin jiraatuuf iddoo kennuufii qabu.

'When [one] hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood [at] the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them.

5 Yoo namni haaloo dhiigaa baasu isa duukaa buʼe illee, sababii inni utuu itti hin yaadinii fi utuu duraan jibba wal irraa hin qabaatin nama ollaa isaa ajjeeseef, isaan namicha sana dabarsanii kennuu hin qaban.

'And when the redeemer of blood doth pursue after him, then they do not shut up the man-slayer into his hand, for without knowledge he hath smitten his neighbour, and is not hating him hitherto;

6 Inni hamma fuula waldaa dura qorumsaaf dhaabatuttii fi hamma lubni ol aanaan yeroo sanatti tajaajilaa ture duʼutti magaalaadhuma sana keessa jiraachuu qaba. Ergasii inni mana isaatti, gara magaalaa keessaa baqate sanaatti deebiʼuu dandaʼa.”

and he hath dwelt in that city till his standing before the company for judgment, till the death of the chief priest who is in those days — then doth the man-slayer turn back and hath come unto his city, and unto his house, unto the city whence he fled.'

7 Kanaafuu isaan biyya gaaraa Niftaalem keessaa Qaadesh ishee Galiilaa keessaa sana, biyya gaaraa Efreem keessaa Sheekem, biyya gaaraa Yihuudaa keessaa immoo Kiriyaati Arbaaq kan Kebroon jedhamtu sana filatan.

And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;

8 Yordaanos gamaa karaa lixa Yerikootiin, biyya gosa Ruubeen keessaa Bezer ishee gammoojjii diriiraa keessaa sana, biyya gosa Gaad keessaa Raamooti ishee Giliʼaad keessatti argamtu, biyya gosa Minaasee keessaa immoo Goolaan ishee Baashaan keessatti argamtu sana filatan.

and beyond the Jordan, [at] Jericho eastward, they have given Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

9 Magaalaawwan akka namni tasa nama ajjeese kam iyyuu itti baqatuuf Israaʼeloota hundaa fi alagoota gidduu isaanii jiraataniif filataman kanneenii dha; kunis akka inni hamma harka waldaa jirutti namicha haaloo dhiigaa baasu sanaan hin ajjeefamneef.

These have been cities of meeting for all the sons of Israel, and for a sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting life inadvertently, and he doth not die by the hand of the redeemer of blood till his standing before the company.